James Davies Monument at Cromer Old Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 2020. Monument.
James Davies Monument at Cromer Old Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- stark-ledge-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 2020
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- James Davies Monument at Cromer Old Cemetery, James Davies Monument 20m South of the Cemetery Chapel, Holt Road, NR27 9EB
- OS grid reference
- TG 212 419
- Coordinates
- 52.92937, 1.28969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The James Davies Monument is a headstone located in Cromer Old Cemetery, dating from around 1894. It is made of carved stone and features slightly narrowed sides. At the top, there is carved foliage that leads to a band decorated with rosettes, with a pointed arch top framing a relief carving of a sailing boat.
The inscription commemorates James Davies, who lived from 1826 to 1893, and his wife, Ann, who died in 1907. James Davies served as the coxswain of the Cromer lifeboat, and it is likely that the relief carving depicts this lifeboat.
This headstone is a notable tribute to the coxswain of a sailed and rowed lifeboat, which is likely represented in the relief carving. It is part of a group that includes the listed chapel and three other listed headstones in Cromer cemetery.
Local climate
James Davies Monument at Cromer Old Cemetery receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Davies Headstones at Approx 5m North West of Tower of Church of Saint Maugan
- 2 Davies Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South of South-West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- 3 Davies Memorial Approximately 28 Metres to North-West of North Porch of Church of St George
- 4 Davies Monument in the Churchyard About 6 Metres North of North Transept of Church of St Germanus
- 5 Davies Memorial Approximately 1.2 Metres North of Nave of Church of St Mary
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- 5 and 6, Chesterfield Villas
- Cromer Methodist Church and Church Hall including boundary walls, piers and gate piers to West Street and Holt Road
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